page_title: Ainmanes
section_title: The Ainmanes Project
hierarchical_section_title: Ainmanes / The Ainmanes Project
caption_attribution_description: English: Nalakanadu Palace This is a photo of ASI monument number&#160; S-KA-494.
context_page_description: The people of Kodagu are Hindus; they believe in reincarnation, revere the cow and originally worship the natural elements and their ancestors. The reverence of various spirits in addition to the established gods of Hinduism is also part of their religion. Each village has a Bhagwathi temple, each lane has a snake deity and each nad had an Aiyappa temple. The people worship Mahadeva as well. Comparatively liberal in their beliefs, the consumption of soma and pork is permitted during their ceremonies. However like other Hindus, the consumption of beef is strictly prohibited. They maintain sacred groves on their public village lands from ancient times, hunting is prohibited in these woods called the Devakadu. They believe in astrology as well. Generally they dont follow idol worship but believe in nature worship.
  People settlements in Coorg are in the form of Okka family groups that are scattered across agricultural and forested holdings, where traditional ainemane houses form focal meeting points in the rural landscape. It is a joint patrilineal clan with males of common ancestry. The male members of an okka share an okka name.
context_section_description: Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa had undertaken a project to collect information regarding each and every Ainmane found in Kodagu, irrespective of the community or caste of the clan members residing in them. They visited many of them in the period between April 2003 and May 2008. They also collected oral legends and traditional information from the occupants of each of these functional Ainemanes. Along with this they also researched about the concerned clans from previously published written material, wherever possible. The information thus collected are now available on the Ainmanes website. They have also provided a glossary for the Kodava thakk words used in the site.
caption: Nalnad Palace built in the style of an Ainmane
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